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Lone Aboe Jessenn becomes marketing manager at Esbjerg Business Development Centre

Dec 07, 2012

Lone Aboe Jessenn has become marketing manager at Esbjerg Business Development Centre, the Danish municipality’s focal point for the energy sector business support. She joins EBDC from marine and offshore equipment specialist Viking Life Saving Equipment…

Sir Ian Wood presented with a special lifetime achievement award by Oil & Gas UK

Dec 07, 2012

Sir Ian Wood was presented with a special lifetime achievement award by Oil & Gas UK last month.

OneSubsea

Dec 07, 2012

OneSubsea the new 60:40 joint venture announced last month by Cameron and Schlumberger, will manufacture and develop products, systems and services for the subsea oil & gas industry and offer ‘a step change in reservoir recovery’ through integration…

Aker Solutions

Dec 07, 2012

Aker Solutions acquired a fabrication facility in Sandnessjøen, Norway, from Ruukki Construction Norge, to bolster its fabrication capacity for subsea and surface developments.

Cyprus communications

Dec 07, 2012

Radius Oceanic Communications and the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (Cyta) announced the launch of the Poseidon project, a high capacity undersea cable system intended to provide advanced telecommunications facilities to the offshore oil & gas industry in the Eastern Mediterranean region…

Weather monitoring

Dec 06, 2012

Wood Group won a £17 million management contract to fabricate, install, commission, operate and maintain two weather monitoring stations in one of the UK's largest offshore wind farm developments off the Norfolk and Suffolk coast. The Wood Group…

Ukraine crushed by fake gas deal

Dec 05, 2012

Ukrainian officials with Jordi Sarda BonvehiUkraine signs fake deal on state television Oilprice.com - Certainly the folks at Gazprom are having a good snicker, reveling in the mockery that has been made of what should have been a landmark…

Antrim to take circular route at Fyne

Dec 03, 2012

Hummingbird Spirit FPSOHummingbird FPSO heads to Antrim’s Fyne FieldAntrim Energy is to charter the circular FPSO Hummingbird Spirit for operations on its Fyne field in the UK's Central North Sea when it comes off its current program working for Centrica at Chestnut…

Turbine access

Dec 01, 2012

Houlder and BMT Nigel Gee have completed offshore trials of their jointly developed Turbine Access System, or TAS, at RWE's Rhyl Flats wind farm off the North Wales coast. The lightweight motion compensated gangway provides improved access to wind turbines for maintenance personnel…

No deal on Boskalis offer

Nov 30, 2012

Boskalis plants flag in Dockwise takeoverDockwise dissatisfied with $884 million offer. Dockwise's board of directors have announced that it is dissatisfied with an $884 million offer by Dutch dredging company Boskalis.Shareholders…

Brugdan drilling halted

Nov 28, 2012

COSL PioneerOperations have been temporarily suspended on the Brugdan II well offshore Faroe Islands, Statoil announced on 27 November 2012.Statoil and partners ExxonMobil and Atlantic Petroleum made the decision based on expected bad weather this winter…

Boskalis launches Dockwise takeover

Nov 28, 2012

Boskalis plants flag in Dockwise takeoverDutch dredging company Boskalis has launched a takeover of Dutch marine contractors Dockwise; the company announced its intentions on 26 November 2012.On Monday, Boskalis offered the company $884 million…

Hammerfest production returns

Nov 28, 2012

Photo: Harald Pettersen / StatoilHammefest LNG has returned to normal production, Statoil announced on 28 November 2012.Production shut following a power failure on Monday 19 November. Statoil said both the plant's own power and that of…

Torhaug to head DNV Research

Nov 28, 2012

Rune TorhaugDet Norske Veritas (DNV) has appointed Rune Torhaug as the new Managing Director for DNV Research and Innovation. He has worked internationally with leadership roles in DNV Energy, DNV Maritime and DNV Business Assurance.Torhaug has a strong background in risk and reliability…

UTEC nets SBM Offshore framework

Nov 28, 2012

Carlos PintoUTEC has been awarded a multi-year framework agreement with SBM Offshore, the company announced on 27 November 2012.UTEC will provide offshore survey and positioning services carrying its construction vessel fleet, initially…

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